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The goal of this project was to develop a Web-based, self-populating system that will serve as the central location for critical warnings, updates on patient status, and availability of various testing modalities and results.

The key benefits of this project included:

Transparency and global situational awareness

Automatic display of important unit and patient specific data

Automatic notification of providers for critical safety data

Reduction of paging and phone calls between care providers

Better coordination of care between primary and consulting services

This technology improves the overall efficiency, situational awareness, patient safety and work environment for providers. Considerable information will be available at a glance by any team member from any location via the Mayo Clinic intranet.

Available information might include:

Unit and bed availability and occupancy

Admission or observations status

Isolation status

Elapsed length of stay

Names of services caring for patients

Names of team members caring for patients

Presence of critical vital signs or labs

Availability of lab or imaging study results

Completed consultation reports

Outcomes

With an initially successful implementation in the Department of Emergency Medicine, the team has introduced additional functionality and expanded implementation to other floors and departments at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus.